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<DIV>On 1/7/2014 10:00:33 PM, "Dean Mao" <<A href="mailto:dean.mao@hackerdojo.com">dean.mao@hackerdojo.com</A>> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>Nothing, but when it costs $500, then it should be done carefully, thought through thorougly, and be done with plenty of discussion and community support. The way Al did this, with only one mention on this list a couple of days before the purchase, i consider that impulsive at best. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>It worked very well here at the Hacker Dojo, </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>perhaps Hacker Dojo has not been contending with a continual population of non-hacking squatters for the past 3 years? Perhaps Hacker Dojo has not experienced boxes upon boxes of people's entire life's belongings piled up under the electronics workbench? Perhaps Hacker Dojo has not repeatedly had people shooting up in the bathroom? <SPAN id=8e6c535a17a743a695456d88d1e5fede>Perhaps Hacker Dojo </SPAN>is not in the middle of skid row? Perhaps Hacker Dojo is not Noisebridge?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I guess you guys at NB will have difficulties implementing any idea because there will always be someone who is against the idea. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>I support and execute new ideas at Noisebridge all the time. I'm not a professional blocker. I'm not against ALL ideas, just unwise ones. </DIV>
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